We’re just minutes away from Arnold Schwarzenegger’s joint announcement with Tesla Motors, but we already hear that he will discuss how Tesla plans to build its electric sedan factory in the Bay Area, not New Mexico as previously expected. Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear as though Tesla will actually unveil the sedan itself.
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Second-tier social network Hi5 has acquired app developer PixVerse for an undisclosed amount, just four months after launching its app platform based on the OpenSocial specification.
PixVerse offers several applications such as Pix Chat and Pix Wall, which are Flash-based and run on not only Hi5 but other social networks like Facebook as well.
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If affiliate revenue will make video sharing site YouTube a money maker, we wonder how New York’s recently passed law requiring tax collection on affiliate-initiated sales could impact the strategy.
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The European Commission has introduced a proposal to reduce the cost of mobile phone calls by lowering the fees carriers charge for using each others networks.
"Disparate termination rates across the EU and large gaps between fixed and mobile termination rates are serious barriers to achieving a Single European Telecoms market that benefits competition and consumers. The consumer pays the price for these gaps between national regulatory policies," said Viviane Reding, EU Telecoms Commissioner.
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According to Christine Churchill of KeyRelevance, the missing metric of your paid search campaign is offline conversion tracking. With prices going up and competition getting tighter, Christine says you have to be accountable for your spending. Christine suggests trying several tracking methods such as: customer tagging, coupons, and unique pricing. Find out more in Mike McDonald’s interview with Christine Churchill at SMX Advanced, only on WebProNews. (more…)